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#92d2ac

a light, soft green · cool · closest name: Medium Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Morning Jade

RGB
146, 210, 172
HSL
144°, 42%, 70%
CMYK
31, 0, 18, 18
Luminance
0.5518

#92d2ac is a light soft green, 144° on the wheel and 73/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.04:1). As text it scores 1.74:1 on white — use #378557 instead. Nearest name is Medium Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(144 42% 70%)rgb(146 210 172)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #92d2ac is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#92d2ac
Hue
144°
green
Saturation
42%
soft
Lightness
70%
light
Brightness
82%
HSV value
Perceived
74%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5518
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
73/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
12.04:1
Closest name
Medium Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 5.9
Chroma
30.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.810
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 12.6
Web-safe
#99CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue144° of 360°
Saturation42%
Lightness70%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #92d2ac.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool73% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red11%
Green84%
Blue5%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#92d2ac
HEX (8-digit)#92d2acff
RGBrgb(146, 210, 172)
RGBArgba(146, 210, 172, 1)
HSLhsl(144, 42%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(144, 30%, 82%)
HWBhwb(144 57% 18%)
CMYKcmyk(31%, 0%, 18%, 18%)
LABlab(79.2 -28.2 12.4)
LCHlch(79.2 30.8 156.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.810 0.085 157.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(42.34, 55.18, 47.44)
Decimal9622188
Display P3color(display-p3 0.573 0.824 0.675)
Web-safe#99CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #92d2ac;
background-color: #92d2ac;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #92d2ac;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#92d2ac] bg-[#92d2ac]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #92d2ac;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.573, green: 0.824, blue: 0.675)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.573, green: 0.824, blue: 0.675, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#92D2AC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF92D2AC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF92D2AC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(172, 210, 146)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(146, 210, 172)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(146, 210, 172)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 146, 210, 172)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5725f, 0.8235f, 0.6745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{146,210,172}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #92d2ac 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #92d2ac 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#255A3B, #D4EDDE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #92d2ac h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F5FAF7;
  --brand-100: #EBF5EF;
  --brand-200: #D2EADC;
  --brand-300: #B0DEC3;
  --brand-400: #92d2ac;
  --brand-500: #60BD86;
  --brand-600: #47AD71;
  --brand-700: #3C905E;
  --brand-800: #30744B;
  --brand-900: #265539;
  --brand-950: #183524;
  --brand: #92d2ac;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF7;
  --brand-border: #C5E7D3;
  --brand-hover: #79C899;
  --brand-pressed: #5FBD86;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241A;
    --brand-ink: #D4EDDE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FAF7',
        100: '#EBF5EF',
        200: '#D2EADC',
        300: '#B0DEC3',
        400: '#92d2ac',
        500: '#60BD86',
        600: '#47AD71',
        700: '#3C905E',
        800: '#30744B',
        900: '#265539',
        950: '#183524',
        DEFAULT: '#92d2ac',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FAF7,
  '100': #EBF5EF,
  '200': #D2EADC,
  '300': #B0DEC3,
  '400': #92d2ac,
  '500': #60BD86,
  '600': #47AD71,
  '700': #3C905E,
  '800': #30744B,
  '900': #265539,
  '950': #183524,
);
$brand-base: #92d2ac;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FAF7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF5EF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D2EADC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B0DEC3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#92d2ac", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#60BD86", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#47AD71", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#3C905E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#30744B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#265539", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#183524", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #92d2ac · 12.04:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.74:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.04:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #92d2ac as text scores 1.74:1 on white and 12.04:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #255A3B at 4.62:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#378557 · 4.51:1
AA on white−33% L
#378557
The quick fox
#296441 · 7.02:1
AAA on white−42% L
#296441
The quick fox
#92d2ac · 12.04:1
AA on blackalready passes
#92d2ac
The quick fox
#92d2ac · 12.04:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#92d2ac

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #44A56C is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#92d2ac on white: 1.74:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#92d2ac on black: 12.04:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #92d2ac as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #92d2ac.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.74:1AaAa
Slate 501.67:1AaAa
Slate 1001.59:1AaAa
Slate 2001.42:1AaAa
Slate 3001.18:1AaAa
Slate 4001.47:1AaAa
Slate 5002.73:1AaAa
Slate 6004.34:1AaAa
Slate 7005.94:1AaAa
Slate 8008.38:1AaAa
Slate 90010.23:1AaAa
Black12.04:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D1C8AA
deuteranopia · #C6C1AE
tritanopia · #86D1C7

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #92d2ac is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5FAF7
#EBF5EF
#D2EADC
#B0DEC3
#92d2ac
#60BD86
#47AD71
#3C905E
#30744B
#265539
#183524
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F5FAF7Darkest = 950 · #183524Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.021 157.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.034 157.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.051 157.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.066 157.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.078 157.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.085 157.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.085 157.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.080 157.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.071 157.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.059 157.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.047 157.8);
}

Colors that work with #92d2ac

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF7
Tinted page background
Border#C5E7D3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B6B
Captions on the surface
Accent#943886
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#255A3B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDF8F1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241A
Dark-mode background
Hover#79C899
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5FBD86
Two steps down
Disabled#E5EFE9
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#9ADFB6
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #92d2ac

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #255A3B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #44A56C

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight30/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#D292B8
Analogous left#98D292
Analogous right#92D2CC
Split-complement 1#CC92D2
Split-complement 2#D29298
Triadic 1#AC92D2
Triadic 2#D2AC92
Tetradic#9298D2
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°144°

#92d2ac sits at 144°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red57.3%
Green82.4%
Blue67.5%
R · 0–255
146
0x92
G · 0–255
210
0xd2
B · 0–255
172
0xac

CMYK percentages

Cyan30.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow18.1%
Key (black)17.6%

Total ink coverage is 66%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#92d2ac text on a black background

contrast 12.04:1

Card sample

#92d2ac text on a white background

contrast 1.74:1

Card sample

#92d2ac on grey

1.59:1

#92d2ac on its own surface

1.65:1

#92d2ac on its dark surface

9.28:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #92d2ac;
Background color
Panel with #92d2ac background
background-color: #92d2ac;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #92d2ac;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(146, 210, 172, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(146, 210, 172, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #92d2ac;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #92d2ac, #92CDD2);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #92d2ac, #92BDD2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #92d2ac;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #92d2ac;
caret-color: #92d2ac;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #92d2ac;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDF8F1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #92d2ac;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#92d2ac 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #92d2ac over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(146, 210, 172, 0.5)
rgb(146 210 172 / 50%)
#92d2ac80
hsl(144 42% 70% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #92d2ac 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#92d2ac1a#F4FBF7
20%#92d2ac33#E9F6EE
40%#92d2ac66#D3EDDE
60%#92d2ac99#BEE4CD
80%#92d2accc#A8DBBD

Gradients from #92d2ac

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #BDE4CD, #92d2ac 45%, #255A3B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #92d2ac, #7CBDC9);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #92d2ac, #D292B8);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D3EDDD 0%, #92d2ac 45%, #255A3B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #BEE1B6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #A8DBDA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #255A3B 0%, transparent 65%), #92d2ac;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #92d2ac

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#92d2ac in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 12.04:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#92d2ac, answered

What color is #92d2ac?

#92d2ac is a light soft green, closest to Medium Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 5.9). It sits at 144° on the hue wheel with 42% saturation and 70% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #92d2ac?

rgb(146, 210, 172) — 146 red, 210 green and 172 blue out of 255, or 57.3% / 82.4% / 67.5% by channel.

What is #92d2ac in HSL and HSV?

hsl(144, 42%, 70%) and hsv(144, 30%, 82%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #92d2ac a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5518 and perceived brightness is 74%, so black text on it reaches 12.04:1.

Should I use black or white text on #92d2ac?

Black. It scores 12.04:1 against #92d2ac, versus 1.74:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #92d2ac accessible on a white background?

#92d2ac on white scores 1.74:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #378557 to reach 4.5:1, or #296441 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #92d2ac?

#D292B8 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CC92D2 and #D29298, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #92d2ac?

For interface work: #F4FAF7 as the surface, #C5E7D3 for borders, #4B9B6B for secondary text, #943886 as an accent and #255A3B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #98D292 and #92D2CC stays calm, while #D292B8 is the loudest partner.

What is #92d2ac in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(31%, 0%, 18%, 18%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #92d2ac warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 73 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #92D295; nudged cooler, #90D4C4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #92d2ac?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 12.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #92d2ac as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #92d2ac in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#92d2ac] or text-[#92d2ac], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #92d2ac with 50% opacity?

rgba(146, 210, 172, 0.5), or #92d2ac80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C9E9D6; over black, #496956.

Is #92d2ac a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #99CC99, ΔE2000 4.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #92d2ac mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #92d2ac?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #BDE4CD, #92d2ac 45%, #255A3B). For more colour, a short hue run to #7CBDC9 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #92d2ac in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #92d2ac at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.